Damn, I'm skimming through the book again and there are just too many good moments. - chapter 6: the interaction between the Doctor and Rorschach is amazing. The stories Rorschach tells really do have an impact on the Doctor, whose seemingly endless optimism at the beginning is slowly deconstructed, until he realizes the emptiness of it all. If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you. - chapter 7: Power and powerless. Compare and contrast. - chapter 8: two-nothing - chapter 9: besides the really amazing scenes on Mars, I really like the sense of scale they drew, with the mountain slowly becoming bigger and later on the zooming out to reveal the smiley face in the surface of Mars, and beyond that, the endlessness of the solar system. It really made the conversation Jon was having so much more substantial. Goosebumps were had. The other chapters: I had already seen the movie before, so I instantly noticed all the foreshadowing and knew sorta what was gonna happen. Still, the boat exploding and the monster itself were really shocking. And I did it 35 minutes ago is still the best ending ever. Someone said that Ozymandias' reasoning was wrong, but I can't recall why. Anyone care to put his speech in perspective? It seems so convincing.
I don't think the ending is really as important as the journey, but anyway - Ozy wins in the end, but he (and we) see that his win is only temporary at best. He seeks reassurance from Jon, that it all worked out in the end, and he's told "nothing ever ends". Also, we know the whole scheme starts to crumble if the word gets out, hence Rorschach's death - but the story ends with Rorschach's journal seeing daylight.